Chapter 20

           Nowinthenighthelayandwaitedforthegirltocometohim.Therewasnowindnowandthepineswerestillinthenight.Thetrunksofthepinesprojectedfromthesnowthatcoveredalltheground,andhelayintherobefeelingthesupplenessofthebedunderhimthathehadmade,hislegsstretchedlongagainstthewarmthoftherobe,theairsharpandcoldonhisheadandinhisnostrilsashebreathed.Underhishead,ashelayonhisside,wasthebulgeofthetrousersandthecoatthathehadwrappedaroundhisshoestomakeapillowandagainsthissidewasthecoldmetalofthebigautomaticpistolhehadtakenfromtheholsterwhenheundressedandfastenedbyitslanyardtohisrightwrist.Hepushedthepistolawayandsettleddeeperintotherobeashewatched,acrossthesnow,thedarkbreakintherocksthatwastheentrancetothecave.Theskywasclearandtherewasenoughlightreflectedfromthesnowtoseethetrunksofthetreesandthebulkoftherockswherethecavewas.

           Earlierintheeveninghehadtakentheaxandgoneoutsideofthecaveandwalkedthroughthenewsnowtotheedgeoftheclearingandcutdownasmallsprucetree.Inthedarkhehaddraggedit,buttfirst,totheleeoftherockwall.Thereclosetotherock,hehadheldthetreeupright,holdingthetrunkfirmwithonehand,and,holdingtheax-haftclosetotheheadhadloppedoffalltheboughsuntilhehadapileofthem.

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